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J. W. ROCHE. DEVICE FOR LEVELING TABLES. &c.

No 60 0 ,235. Patented Mar. 8, 1898.

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ATTORNEY NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'JOHN W. ROCHE, OF KEARNY, NEl/V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN BERNS, OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR LEVELING TABLES, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,235, dated March 8, 1898. Application filed March 11, 1897- Eierial No. 626,914. No 11106610 T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. ROCHE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kearny, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Leveling Tables and other Furniture; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference to a novel device to be used under the leg of a billiard or pool table or other heavy furniture for the support of the same when arranged upon uneven flooring, and certain parts of the device being capable of vertical adjustment and other parts being capable of a rocking or oscillatory motion, whereby the piece of furniture can be placed in a perfectly-level condition upon the floor.

The primary object of this invention,therefore, is to provide a device for the support more especially of heavy furniture, the parts of the device being capable of quick and easy adjustment to cause the piece of furniture to set perfectly level.

The invention consists in the novel construction of leveling device hereinafter fully set forth, and also in the novel arrangements and combinations of the parts thereof, such as will be clearly described in the accompanying specification and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my novel construction of leveling device, illustrating its application to the leg of a billiard table. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 3 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference are employed in all of the above-described views to indi cate corresponding parts.

In said drawings, A indicates the complete device, which comprises a base-plate a, provided with suitably-arranged points a for holding said plate to the floor and preventing its turning or slipping thereon when the device is operated. As will be seen from Fig. 2, said plate or base a has a central and tubular post a provided with an internal screw-thread a Into this screw-threaded post a I screw the downwardly-extending and screw-threaded portion a of an upper plate or cap a which has an annular rim a provided with suitably-disposed holes (U, or other suitable means, for the reception of a Wrench to raise or lower said cap upon the post a", as may be desired. In the upper part of said screwthreaded portion a is a socket a adapted to receive a pivotal support or post I) of a suitable plate 1), adapted to be placed beneath the leg of a piece of furniture. The action of the several parts of this construction of the device and its advantages will be evident from an inspection of said Fig. 2, there being verylittle friction between the rotating parts, and the pivotal plate b by the arrangement of its post Z) in the socket a having a rocking or oscillatory motion,will permit of the table or other piece of furniture supported thereon, in many instances, to be set level without previous adjustment of the plate or cap a upon the post a of the base a. As shown, said plate I) may be provided with small holding-points 11 but these points may be dispensed with, if desired.

It will be evident that the device herein shown is of a very simple construction and perfectly operative to raise or lower the end of a heavy table or other piece of furniture and cause the same to be set perfectly level upon an uneven floor.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A leveling device,for the purposes stated, comprising a base adapted to be arranged upon the floor, a cap rotatively arranged on said base and vertically adjustable thereon, and a socket a in said cap, and a platebhaving a post I) adapted to fit in said socket, for supporting said plate on said cap so that it may rock or oscillate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. Aleveling device,for the purposes stated, comprising a base adapted to be placed upon the fl0or,having an upwardly-extending tubular portion provided with an internal screwthread, a cap rotatively arranged on said screw-threaded portionand vertically adjustable thereon, and a socket a in said cap, and a plate I) having a post I) adapted to fit in said socket, for pivotally supporting said plate upon said cap so that it may rock or oscillate, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The herein-described leveling device, comprising a base at having points a, and a tubular post a provided with an internal screw-thread, a cap a having an annular flange a provided with holes 07, a screwthreaded portion a vertically adjustable in said post a said portion 60 having a socket 64 and a plate I) having a post 12' adapted to fit in said socket, whereby said plate I? is pivotally arranged so that it may'rock or oscillatei substantially as and for the purposes set fort 1.

11 substantially as and for the purposes set forth,

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of March, 1897.

JOHN W. ROCHE.

Witnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, WM. H. CAMFIEL Jr. 

